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Volume 49, Number 7

July 2010

INTERNATIONAL

IARC verdicts on indoor emissions from coal, wood and high temperature fryingWHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation (TobReg)FAO/WHO – human health risks from use of nanotechnology in food productionEUROPEAN UNION

More REACH goals in sight…Updated guidance released……and a freeze on the publication of further revised guidance documents…Practical guides available…Notification to the classification and labelling inventory…When is an intermediate not an intermediate under REACH?…Updated version of REACH-IT now released…Webinars for SIEF members…Share and share alike…Calls for information to avoid unnecessary animal testing…Forum publishes the results of its first industry inspections…ECHA’s fourth stakeholders’ day…RAC opinions on harmonised classification for four chemicals…Amendment to the REACH RegulationNanosafety – workshop presentations relating to REACHEFSA conclusions on more plant protection productsSCHER deliberations on carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic substances in toysEFSA assesses conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)-rich oils as novel food ingredientsRed light from EFSA for Litholrubine BKGroup flavouring evaluations from EFSAApplication of systematic review methodology to food and feed safety assessmentsUNITED KINGDOM

Dietary supplements in late pregnancyFSA workshop reports on diet and healthCOM June meetingUNITED STATES

IRIS draft toxicological reviews issued by EPA on hexachloroethane and formaldehydeACGIH 2010 TLVs and BEIs for industrial chemicalsOEHHA proposes Reference Exposure Levels (RELs) for caprolactamEPA issues final risk and exposure assessment for carbon monoxideTolerance petitions filed with EPA for four pesticide ingredientsFDA GRAS status for soybean oil and palm oil-derived tocolsREST OF THE WORLD